Which position group do you want Rd 1 in 2021?

[Nicomo Cosca]

(05-09-2020, 12:01 PM)ochocincos Wrote: I can understand that, but Uzomah shouldn't be discounted.
Comparing his 2018 (starter) year to Eifert last year...

Uzomah 2018 (16 games) - 43 receptions, 439 yards, 3 TDs
Eifert 2019 (16 games) - 43 receptions, 436 yards, 3 TDs

If the Bengals lose all of Mixon, Ross, Green, and Tate, I can see a TE in the 1st round, but I know that WR class next year is gonna be stacked so WR may make more sense than TE. Ja'Marr Chase, Justyn Ross (Higgins' teammate), Rashod Bateman, Devonta Smith, or maybe Rondale Moore or Jaylen Waddle if the Bengals wanted a smaller speedster to mimic Brandin Cooks. All could go before the first TE gets taken.
If a TE though, I like the potential of adding Pat Freiermuth from Penn St if the Bengals happen to make the playoffs in 2020 and therefore drafting 21+ in 2021.

Yeah, it doesn’t have to be in the 1st round if it’s a deep draft for TE’s. You would think it almost has to be better than this year’s crop. It’s a bit of recency bias for me with wanting a top TE. I look at the 2 teams that were in the Super Bowl last season, and both had elite TE’s. I don’t think it’s a coincidence the last time we were any good was during Eifert’s Pro Bowl season either...

But if we want to get it done by having one of the best WR groups in the league I’m all for that, too. If Higgins looks like he could legitimately replace AJ in a couple years I’d be down to go for the best OT available in the 1st, and then we’d (hopefully) have our bookends going forward.